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Dutch government says no again to using eurobonds for virus crisis
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch finance minister Wopke Hoekstra repeated on Tuesday that the Netherlands would not support the use of "eurobonds" to combat Europe's coronavirus outbreak and it would o...
Apr 07, 2020
Congress presses Trump administration to fix small business relief program
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers have urged the Treasury Department to clarify and streamline the government's small business loan program, after hearing gripes from local busin...
Apr 07, 2020
Virus slowdown threatens India’s restaurants with bitter aftertaste
By Aftab Ahmed and Abhirup Roy NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - After growing tenfold in the last decade, India's restaurant sector fears for the future when a nationwide lockdown is eventually lifted, wi...
Apr 07, 2020
Japan to sell record extra bonds to fund coronavirus stimulus
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will sell a record amount of extra bonds this fiscal year, worth more than $165 billion, straining the industrial world's heaviest deb...
Apr 07, 2020
Bolstered by EU aid, Portugal expands coronavirus credit lines
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal will boost its credit lines for businesses struggling with the coronavirus outbreak to 4.2 billion euros on Wednesday, the government said, after a state aid package from t...
Apr 07, 2020
Futures surge on early signs of coronavirus slowdown in hot spots
By Uday Sampath Kumar (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures bounced for a second straight day on Tuesday as risk appetite returned on tentative signs the coronavirus outbreak was starting to plateau in...
Apr 07, 2020
Euro zone to agree on half trillion-euro package against coronavirus
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers are likely to agree on Tuesday on measures worth more than half a trillion euros to fight the economic fallout of the coronavirus e...
Apr 07, 2020
Beijing-backed AIIB approves emergency loan to China to help with coronavirus response
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) said on Tuesday it had approved its first emergency assistance loan of 2.485 billion yuan ($352 million) to China in orde...
Apr 07, 2020
Hong Kong office demand shrinks the most in 18 years: Cushman & Wakefield
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield on Tuesday revised its forecasts for Hong Kong office rents to fall as much as 18% in the full year while retail rents to drop as ...
Apr 07, 2020
Russia confirms its participation in OPEC+ meeting on April 9
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday confirmed its participation in the OPEC+ meeting of leading oil producers set for April 9, a spokeswoman for energy ministry told Reuters. The conference, due to b...
Apr 07, 2020
